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{DIY} Coffee Table Play Top
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We flew out to Washington DC to visit my brother in-law. Jesse’s family all flew out, so we were all able to spend it together. It was a great trip with a...
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{DIY} Holiday Felt Garland
I’m going to be honest about this post. I made the garland last year, but couldn’t actually get myself to put a post together before the holidays. So I am finishing it off this year. One reason I...
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Happy Holidays!
I had grands plans of getting some projects completed and posted this week, but instead I’ve been relaxing and enjoying the season. So until then… Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and see you in the...
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{Update} Kitchen and Concrete Countertops
I’m at a bit of a pause on the kitchen. I laid out a bunch of options (here) that I was trying to decide between, and haven’t completed my decision making yet. I’ve finished the wall color, but have...
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{Beautiful Houses} Newport Beach
I am completely officially house project over whemed! Stressed OUT! I know…I know, in my last post I said that I was going to share the latest projects, but I can’t decide where to start. I have...
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The Spring Going-ons
Last week Apartment Therapy did a post on DIY concrete counter tops. I saw the article, and embarrassingly enough I glanced at it a few times when it would pop up in by FB feed, and on the third day I...
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Help! DIY Emergency!
We are about 70% of the way through out deck. We have all the joists in and are working on the stair treads. They have become a huge pain. It’s been so tempting to stop the stairs where they are,...
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{Our Deck} It’s been a long 3 months!
Where have I been? I’ve been here…just building a deck. This was a long process. Jesse and I only have Sundays to work on house projects, and then maybe are able to squeeze in an evening now and...
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{DIY} Rolling Kitchen Cart
Our house was listed as having an “in kitchen eating nook.” It makes me laugh, it was basically a section of counter without cabinets. It was an odd space. This photo is obviously an after, but you...
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{A New Year} Let’s try this again
It’s always a struggle to start blogging after a long delay. I’ve started so many posts in my head, but never got to a computer or put them in writing. I had an Fall Decor post, a Halloween costume...
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A Room Undone
It’s amazing to me after putting so much time into creating a room how quickly it can be undone. I spent hours and hours working on putting our bedroom together. I hung a full wall of curtains to...
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{Better Remade} Lucy’s New Bed
We’ve been in the middle of this big bedroom shuffle. Jesse and I are in the upstairs on our mattress on the floor. Turns out the box spring doesn’t fit, so we will have to deal with that when we...
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{Kid Post} Photo Decal Toy Bags
Our house has completely exploded with toys. Not only was there Christmas, but there was also a baby brother which meant Lucy completely cleaned up! And now at 2.5 years old, she is entering into the...
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House Addition : Post #1 The Beginning
Welcome! I’m back. We are going to be adding a pretty large size addition to our house this next spring, so what better place to document our progress. We are currently in the permitting stage. We...
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House Addition : Post #2 The upstairs
WOW! 2 posts in 2 weeks – that’s got to be the first time in 4 years! I got so wordy in my last post, I felt like it made sense to separate the upstairs and down. The upstairs doesn’t require as...
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Upstairs Master Room Makeover
We have this little upstairs attic space. Pre-kids, which would be about 5 years ago, it was a great little tv spot. The Lucy came along. It was still a great tv spot, but in addition it became a...
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A DESIGN INVESTIGATION : Bathroom Vanity Hardware
I’m going to call this series “A Design Investigation.” It’s a deep dive into very specific design problems, comparing photo after photo, to get the proof needed to say, “Yes, that will work!” Does...
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DIY : Outdoor Storage Bench
While out house is completely out of commission Like WAY out of commission, we are in a small 3rd floor 2 bedroom apartment, and I am fantasizing hardcore about our deck. Most importantly to be able...
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Bathroom Vanity Crazy
Get ready for a whole lot of crazy! You may have heard, I’m sure the internet was buzzing. The dimensions of the upstairs bathroom are changing. The contractor wanted to make some changes, for...
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